Catch for purse or bag frames.



No. 697,467. Patented Apr. l5, I902.

. A. F. FULLER.

CATCH FOR Punss on BAG FRAMES.

(Application filed. Oct, 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

l8 INVENTOR'.

ALERT FFULLER,

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ALBERT F. FULLER, OF NEWARK, NEl/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. E. MERGOTTCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CATCH FOR PURSE. OR BAG FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,467, dated April15, 1902.

Application filed October 16, 1901- Sarial No. 78.774. (No model.)

To a, whom it mag/concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. FULLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Catches for Purse or'Bag Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the-art to which it apper tains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention has reference to improvements in catches or looksfor bag or purse frames, and the invention refers more particularly tothat class of catches employed in connection with the frames forchatelainebags, belt-bags, or other like bags.

This invention has for its primary object to provide a neat, cheap, andsimply-constructed catch or look for bags of the character above stated,which is of a strong and durable construction and can be easilymanipulated by the use of one hand when worn from a belt or the like.

The present invention has for its further object to provide a catch inwhich the number of the parts has been reduced to a minimum, therebyobviating any danger of the parts of the catch becoming disarranged andthe catch rendered inoperative with the careless handling of the same.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction of bag orpurse frame catch for the purposes hereinabove stated and to behereinafter more fully described; and, furthermore, this inventionconsists in the several novel arrangements and combinations of the partsof the catch or lock and the details of the construction thereof, eitherwith or without the frame-sections of the bag or purse frame, all ofwhich will be fully set forth in the following specification, and thenfinally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a face view of one form of bag or purse frameprovided with a catch or look embodying the principles of thisinvention,

and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view, on anenlarged scale, of portions of the two frame-sections, illustrating onearrangement of a spring secured in position against the inner portion ofone of the frame-sections, said spring being in operative engagementwith a downwardly-projecting holding member or tongue by means of whichthe said holding catch or look is pivotally connected with the outer andupper surface of the said frame-section. 'Fig. 4 is a longitudinalvertical section taken on line 4 4 in said Fig. 3 looking in' thedirection of the arrow at, illustrating'the arrangement of the springfor actuating the catch at its position in the chambered portion of theframe-section, but the catch or look being omitted from this view. Fig.4 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on line 4 4 in the said Fig.2, looking in the direction of the arrow m. Fig. 5 is a verticalcross-section, on an enlarged scale, of the frame-sections and theholding catch or lock, representing the sev* eral parts in theirnormally locked or holding engagement; and Fig. 6 is a similar sectionof the said parts represented in said Fig. 5, but illustrating therespective parts of the catch or look in their disengaged or operatedpositions to permit the opening of the framesections. Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of the two central portions of the frame-sections,illustrating the form of slot employed with one of the saidframe-sections for the reception of the holding member or tongue of theholding catch or lock. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of theholding-catch, and Fig. 9 is a similar view of a spring employed inconnection with the parts hereinabove described. Fig. 10 is a verticalsection of a holding catch of a modified form of construction.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

In the said drawings, 1 and 2 indicate a pair of frame-sections, whichare pivotally connected or hinged at their lower end portions 3 in theusual manner by means of suitable pins or rivets 4, as clearly indicatedin Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Of course it will be understood thatthe said frame-sections may be suitably covered with leather or anyother desirable material, the same,however, having been omitted from thedrawings. Thesaid frame-section 1, as will be seen more particularlyfrom an inspection of Figs. 5, 6, and 7, is provided with a T-shapedopening 5, while the other frame-section 2 is formed with a nosing6,forced outfrom the metal from which said frame-section is made.

Suitably secured within the chambered portion of the U-shapedframesection 1 by means of a suitable rivet 7 or in any other manneris aspring-plate 8, (illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings,) said platebeing slitted, as at 9, and being provided with a pair of arms 10 and11, the said arm 10 being made longer than the arm 11. When the spring 8has been secured in position against the inner surface of the saidframe-section 1,then the main portion 12 and the short arm 11 of thesaid spring fit the contour of the inner surface of saidframe-section,as indicated more particularly in Fig. 4 of the drawings,while the said long arm 10 stands away from the said inner surface, asillustrated in Fig. 4, and thereby provides a spring tongue or supportfor the downwardly-projecting holding member or tongue of theholding-catch to work against in the manner to he presently described.

The construction of the holding catch or look is more clearlyillustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 8, and it consists, essentially, of acupshaped plate or disk 13,provided with a downwardly-projecting annularrim 14 and aholding portion or member1b'. This holding member or tongue16 is formed in one or both of its downwardly-extending edges with aslot 17 and is also provided with an inwardly-extending lug orprojection 18, extending at a right angle, or approximately so, from theextreme loweredge of the said memberor tongue 16, as shown. Suitablysecured upon the upper surface of the said cup-shaped plate or disk 13by means of a rivet 19 is an ornamental finger-piece formed by a member20 and an ornamental cap 21, which is formed with a marginal bead 22, bymeans of which the said cap 21 is secured upon said member 20 in such amanner that the head 23 of the rivet is entirely covered and hidden fromview and all danger of rough edges and protuberances is thereby avoided.If desired, the said cap 21 and the rivet 19 may be entirely omitted andthe member 20 may be formed instead with a downwardly-extending stud orprojection 24, which is passed through a centrally-arranged hole in thecup-shaped disk or plate and then riveted over against the undersurfaceof the same, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 10 of the drawings. Themanner of assembling the parts of the said catch or look in theiroperative positions upon the outer surface of the said frame-section 1is as follows: lhe holding member or tongue 16 of the catch or look isinserted through the T-shaped slot or opening 5 in the f ramc-section 1and brought into the position indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings,thereby causing the member or tongue 10 to stand in a vertical positionin the said slot or opening 5 and the lug 18 to assume apositionslightly below the under and inner surface of the said frame-section 1and pointing in a direction toward the other frame-section 2 when saidframe-section 2 is closed against the framesection 1, all of which willbe clearly seen from an inspection of the several figures of thedrawings. The spring-plate 8 is now placed in its proper position in thechambered portion of the frame-section 1 and its arm or spring-tongue 10made to rest directly upon the upper surface of the said lug 18, asshown, and the plate 8 fastened in its fixed position by means of therivet 7. At the same time the free end of the short arm 11 of the saidspringplate 8 has been made to eXtendinto the slot or cut-away part 17of the holding member or tongue 1b, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. Thespring-tongue 10 causes the holding catch or look normally to assume theposition indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings; but when the finger-pieceof the said holding catch or look is depressed in the direction of thearrow 1 in Fig. 6 of the drawings then the said catch will swing uponthe edge of the short tongue 11 as a pivot, while the spring-tongue 10is forced in an upward direction toward the inner surface of theframe-section by the forcible engagement of the lug 18 against the undersurface of said spring-tongue 10. When the pressure is removed from thefinger-piece, then the said spring-tongue 10 will exert its forceagainst the upper surface of the said lug 18, and the finger-piece ofthe catch or lock will again be brought into the position indicated insaid Fig. 5, and when the said frame-section 2 is again brought in itsclosed relation with the frame-section 1 then the said holding lug ornosing 6 slips directly beneath the annular and downwardly-project ingrim or edge 14 of the said cup-shaped plate or disk 13 and theframe-sections will be held in their closed and locked positions.

It will be evident from the above description that the construction ofholding catch or lock is very simple, the parts having been reduced to aminimum, and there is also no possibility of the Various members of thecatch becoming disarranged and accidentally forced out of working orderto render the device inoperative. A slight push in the direction of thearrow y in said Fig. 6 from the hand of the person wearing thechatelainebag suspended from a belt will readily disengage the saidholding catch or lock from the holding lug or nosing 6 on the saidframesection 2, and the bag can be readily opened andjust as quicklyclosed again when the two frame-sections l and 2 are brought into theirclosed relation.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the arrangements andcombinations of the parts comprising my novel construction of holdingcatch or look for bag or purse frames Without departing from the scopeof my present invention. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exactarrangements and combinations of the various parts as herein shown anddescribed, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of theconstruction of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim isv 1. In a purse orbag frame,tl1e combination, with a pair of frame-sections, of aholdingcatch on one of said frame-sections, and a holding projection ornosing on. the other of said frame-sections, saidholding-catch'comprising a cup-shaped plate, a finger-piece on saidplate, a marginal projection on said plate with which said nosing isadapted to be brought in holding engagement, adownwardly-projecting'member on said holdingcatch, extending through anopening in said frame-section, said downwardly-projecting member havinga cut-away part 17, a holdinglug on said downwardly-projecting member,bent at a right angle thereto, or approximately so, and a spring securedto said framesection, an arm 11 on said spring having its free endextending into said cut-away part 17, and a spring-tongue 10 inengagement with the said lug, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. In a purse or bag frame,the combination, with a frame-section havinga slotted part, of a holding-catch provided with adownwardlyprojectingholdingmemberextendingthrough said slotted part,said downwardly-projectin g member-having a cut-away part 17, aholdinglug on said downwardly-projecting member, bent at a right anglethereto, or approximate] y so, and a spring secured to said frame-'section, a short arm 11 on said spring having its free end extendinginto said cut-away part 17, and a spring-tongue 10 in engagement withthe said lug, substantially as and for nection for the oscillation ofsaid holdingcatch, and a spring tongue or arm 10 also in engagement Witha portion of said means of pivotal connection of the said holding-catch,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. Theherein-described holding-catch fora purse or bag frame,comprising, a cup-shaped plate 13, a finger-piece on said plate, adownwardly-projecting holding member 16 on said cup-shaped plate, and aninwardly-extending lug 18 on said member 16, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

5. The herein-described holding-catch for a purse or bag frame,comprising, a cup-shaped plate 13, a finger-piece on said plate, saidfinger-piece consisting, essentially, of a member 20, a rivet forsecuring said member to said plate, and a cap 21 on said member 20, adownwardly-extending holding member 16 on said cup-shaped plate, and aninwardly-extending lug 18 on said member 16, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth aboveI have hereuntoset my hand this 14th day of October, 1901.

ALBERT F. FULLER,

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, JULIUS E. MERGOTT.

